‘Career Options: Academia’
11th Annual ASCB Junior Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows Career Development Workshop
May. 10, 2016—The American Society for Cell Biology Minorities Affairs Committee (MAC) is accepting applications for the 11th Annual Junior Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows Career Development Workshop. The workshop will be held July 16-18, 2016, at the University of North Carolina Rizzo Conference Center in Chapel Hill, NC. The application deadline has been extended until May 20, 2016. The workshop...
Beyond the Lab: Rob Carnahan, Facility Management
Apr. 19, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. Today we highlight Rob Carnahan, the Director of Antibody and Protein Resource Core Facility here at Vanderbilt. Dr. Carnahan is also the course facilitator for the BRET module, "Business and...
Beyond the Lab: Puck Ohi, Faculty
Apr. 18, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. Today we highlight Puck Ohi, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology here at Vanderbilt. We were glad to talk with Dr. Ohi since he did both his training...
Beyond the Lab: Hugh Fentress, University Professor
Apr. 11, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. Today we highlight Hugh Fentress, Assistant Professor of Biology at Tennessee State University. Dr. Fentress balances his time doing research and teaching and mentoring undergraduates at TSU here in Nashville....
Beyond the Lab: Nikki Cheng, Principal Investigator
Apr. 7, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. Today we highlight Nikki Cheng, PhD, who attended our 2013 Annual Career Symposium as a speaker. Watch the whole video here! This video is supported by a...
Beyond the Lab: Cynthia Brame, Academic Administration
Apr. 5, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. Today we highlight Cynthia Brame, PhD, currently with Vanderbilt's own Center for Teaching serving as their Assistant Director. She also is an instructor in Biological Sciences. Here...
Beyond the Lab: Kim Dahlman, Shared Resource
Apr. 2, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. Today we highlight Kim Dahlman, PhD, the Director of Innovative Translational Research Shared Resource at the Vanderbilt Ingram-Cancer Center. Dr. Dahlman speaks with the BRET Office of Career Development about...
Vanderbilt is now an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
Mar. 11, 2016—As part of its commitment to supporting and expanding diversity, Vanderbilt University has become an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity. The NCFDD is an independent organization dedicated to professional development, training and mentoring, helping faculty make successful transitions throughout their careers. It comprises more than 80,000 graduate students, postdocs and...
Postdocs: Apply now for grant writing and professional development coaching group sponsored by NMRN
Mar. 8, 2016—NRMN is a nationwide consortium of biomedical professionals and institutions collaborating to provide all trainees across the biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences with evidence-based mentorship and professional development programming that emphasizes the benefits and challenges of diversity, inclusivity and culture within mentoring relationships, and more broadly the research workforce. The goal of the National Research Mentoring Network is to enhance the...
Job Opportunity- Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor, Chemistry, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
Sep. 17, 2015—Georgetown College Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor, available Fall 2016 to teach undergraduate Biochemistry as well as lower-division courses. Candidates should possess a Ph.D. in Chemistry. Experience in supervising undergraduate research is advantageous. Georgetown College is a private, liberal arts institution committed to Christian values with 1000 undergraduates located in the beautiful Kentucky bluegrass region...
NEW!! Vanderbilt’s STEM Pedagogy Journal Club
Aug. 27, 2015—Are you interested in learning more about teaching? Join us at the inaugural meeting of Vanderbilt’s STEM Pedagogy Journal Club– a student-driven initiative for graduate students and postdocs interested in teaching science at the undergraduate level. We will discuss teaching theory, teaching techniques, and the latest in research on science education. No previous teaching experience needed,...
Navigating the Academic Landscape featuring Dean Fauchet
Aug. 13, 2015— This seminar is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in science and engineering who are actively pursuing faculty jobs as well as those who are exploring academia as one possible career path. Dr. Fauchet will provide a 30,000 foot view of the role of universities...
Short-term Faculty Opportunity, Bard College Citizen Science Program
Apr. 6, 2015—Attention postdocs, advanced PhD students, and other research scientists: please see below the short-term faculty position at Bard College. Bard College, located in New York’s Hudson River Valley, is seeking scientists for short term faculty positions for next January 10-27, 2016. They are looking for scientists with PhDs (but this is a great opportunity to...
2015 Vanderbilt Center for Teaching Fellowships Available
Jan. 16, 2015—Deadline is Monday, February 16, the Center for Teaching (CFT) hires graduate student fellows as part of its efforts to mentor and train graduate students, including those serving as teaching assistants or instructors of record here at Vanderbilt as well as those interested in developing teaching skills for future faculty careers. The CFT has several...
Job Posting: Assistant Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Jan. 5, 2015—The Assistant Director, working closely with the MSTP Leadership team, will play a key role in the recruitment and admission of a highly talented pool of MD-PhD trainees. Responsible for the general oversight, management, and direction of the recruitment, admissions, and interview process. Plan, oversee, and evaluate the activities of the admissions and evaluation process....
Job Posting: Tenure-Track, Neuro Oncology Program, NCI
Dec. 16, 2014—The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), both parts of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), are accepting applications for several Tenure-Track or Senior Investigator positions for laboratory research related to brain tumors. These positions, which include both mid-level and senior positions, represent the core of a...
Job Posting: Lecturer, Scientific Writing & Communication, University of Washington
Dec. 15, 2014—The Division of Physical Sciences (PSD) in the School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) at the University of Washington Bothell (UWB) invites applications for one instructor position in scientific writing and communication at the rank of lecturer or senior lecturer. The successful candidate will join our faculty on a full-time basis for a...
Job Posting: Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor of Medicine, UCF
Dec. 11, 2014—UCF attracts, develops, and unleashes creative and talented students from all 50 states and 140 countries. In 2010, UCF opened its Performing Arts Center. And in 2011, UCF became one of 40 public universities with The Carnegie Foundation’s highest designation in two categories: community engagement and research activity. Position Description: The Burnett School of Biomedical...
Job Posting: Assistant Professor of Biology – Molecular Biology, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO
Dec. 5, 2014—Colorado Mesa UniversityAssistant Professor of Biology—Molecular Biology RESPONSIBILITIES: The Biological Sciences Department at Colorado Mesa University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Molecular Biology beginning August, 2015. The successful applicant will join a dynamic department, including field, cellular and organismal biologists, focused on excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentorship of undergraduate research. Responsibilities...
Job Posting: Assistant Professor, Biology, Wheaton College
Dec. 3, 2014—The Department of Biology at Wheaton College (IL) invites applicants for a full-time tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2015. The Department of Biology at Wheaton College (IL) invites applicants for a full-time tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2015. Requirements for the position are a PhD...